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HT2000W's 5Ghz radio not working.
I noticed in the past that the 5Ghz radio never showed up as a connection option in my laptop, nor in my notebook. Today, I actively tried connecting both my laptop and notebook, and even my TV, to ...
Okay. Update.
The neighbors have a newer Lenovo Thinkpad that most definitely does have the ability to connect using the 5Ghz band. It was brought over. It turns out my modem is fine. It connected without issue. We didn't really try anything with it other than just going to Google and doing a quick search. That was enough, though.
I feel like a schmuck. LOL. :(
GabeU wrote:
maratsade wrote:I'm also not getting the same blazing speeds others on Gen 5 are getting, and now the solution seems clear: satellites don't like me.
I forgot about that. That's just crazy. I still don't get that. Perhaps, in the future, they will make some adjustments to your beam or gateway to get your speeds up.
It's weird indeed -- the numbers show higher speeds, but the actual surfing speed doesn't seem any faster than before, and at times pages take more time to load up. I'm sure it'll get fixed eventually.
Oddly, downloads from the Apple app store are much faster than before, which is very nice. So the speed is there, clearly, but the browsers haven't gotten the memo yet. :)
Care to list the exact model of wifi adapters/devices your using that can't see the 5Ghz band?
If it's a draft varient that those devices support, they may not be able to connect to any 5Ghz system.
My Acer has a Qualcomm Atheros AR956x adapter, which is supposed to work at both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz, but may not be using the 5Ghz band in this particular system.
The Dell has a "Dell Wireless 1705 802.11b|g|n" adapter, but it may only work at 2.4Ghz.
My Sony TV has a b|g|n card, but after further reading it only works at 2.4Ghz.
So, as it turns out, it's possible that none of the three things I have will connect to 5Ghz, so that may actually be the problem.
I guess I should have done a little more research.
I'm pretty sure my 5Ghz worked, I think I did speed tests with every available connection right after my system was installed.
GabeU You say you have no difference in download speeds between Wireless and Wired?? My speeds are different! I get 40-50 on wired and 15-25 or so with wireless.... this is quite a bit of a difference. So I would like to know why my speeds are slower plus is there anything I can / should do to improve the speeds.
I am currently using my own Router but I also tested with the built in WiFi as well... I will do more tests sometime later this weekend or next week to see if they are still slower.
wildcats198308 wrote:I'm pretty sure my 5Ghz worked, I think I did speed tests with every available connection right after my system was installed.
GabeU You say you have no difference in download speeds between Wireless and Wired?? My speeds are different! I get 40-50 on wired and 15-25 or so with wireless.... this is quite a bit of a difference. So I would like to know why my speeds are slower plus is there anything I can / should do to improve the speeds.
I am currently using my own Router but I also tested with the built in WiFi as well... I will do more tests sometime later this weekend or next week to see if they are still slower.
How old is the device you are connecting with and using for the speed tests? It's possible that there is an issue with the wireless network card, or even a setting with such that needs to be changed. Perhaps a driver for the card? Interference with the signal is also a possibility, whether from range issues or something else. Do you have an older house that may have lead paint on the walls?
Whether I use the built in wireless router of the HT2000W or my older Netgear router it makes no difference. The speed is still the same as wired.
